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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 08:46:22 +0100
From: James Cownie <jcownie@dolphinics.com>
Organization: Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
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Subject: Re: mpirun command
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Vijaya R Lakamraju wrote:

> so basically I would like to
> use mpirun in the following way
>      mpirun -np 2 test1 -np 3 test2 ( where both test1 and test2
>                                                                     togather
> form the application)
>  I know that mpirun doesnt provide for such a capability directly.
Not exactly true. mpirun supports the use of a P4 proc group file
and in that you can do exactly what you want.

IIRC It's all documented in the mpirun and P4 documentation (which comes
with MPICH).

> So, I was wondering whether any one has tweaked the mpirun
> shell script to provide for such a capabiliy.

Not with the syntax you are looking for, but the functionality is there
already.

-- Jim 

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